The BEST episodes directed by Richard Holthouse

Deadlier than the Male
star
8.53
55 votes

#1 - Deadlier than the Male

Ultimate Force - Season 3 - Episode 1

Terrorists take a passenger plane to Hong Kong hostage and three new members join Red Troop.

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Last Year's Model
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8.39
402 votes

#2 - Last Year's Model

Midsomer Murders - Season 9 - Episode 8

Barnaby begins to think the damning evidence he helped provide to convict a murderess wasn't exactly as watertight as it first looked.

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Country Matters
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8.28
320 votes

#3 - Country Matters

Midsomer Murders - Season 9 - Episode 6

Controversy about a proposed supermarket ruining the quality of life in a small village, marital infidelity, contaminated soil and kinky sex lead to murder.

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The Maid in Splendour
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8.17
273 votes

#4 - The Maid in Splendour

Midsomer Murders - Season 7 - Episode 5

Midsomer Worthy's beloved local pub figures in a case involving unrequited love, secret business deals and passionate affairs.

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Death in the Slow Lane
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8.05
459 votes

#5 - Death in the Slow Lane

Midsomer Murders - Season 14 - Episode 1

When a local DJ is crushed to death at a traditional girls' boarding school, new Midsomer DCI John Barnaby - cousin to Tom - discovers that murder and deception are never far away from the quaint villages.

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Death in a Chocolate Box
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8.02
320 votes

#6 - Death in a Chocolate Box

Midsomer Murders - Season 10 - Episode 8

Barnaby and Jones investigate a murder of a former friend and colleague in Midsomer Holm, a small village inhabited by reformed ex-cons.

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Picture of Innocence
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8.01
295 votes

#7 - Picture of Innocence

Midsomer Murders - Season 10 - Episode 6

Barnaby is implicated in a murder when a photo of him in a passionate embrace with another woman is displayed shortly before the woman's estranged husband, photographer Lionel Bell, is strangled.

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The River
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8.00
1 votes

#8 - The River

The Bill - Season 16 - Episode 70

The corrupt DS Don Beech turns himself in to CIB to bargain with Det Supt Hodges, despite DS Stanton's pleas.

Happy and Glorious (2)
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8.00
1 votes

#9 - Happy and Glorious (2)

The Bill - Season 17 - Episode 42

With no alibi, Hollis is the prime suspect for Doreen's murder, and he is suspended from duty. While CID try to trace the victim's long lost daughter, with little to no information, Stamp and Klein try to find an alibi for Hollis. They interview a witness outside of Doreen's house, who claims that he saw Hollis hanging around the property more than hour before he stated that he arrived. With the evidence mounting, Stamp and Klein's only hope of clearing Hollis' name lies with a tom, who provides a statement claiming that Hollis was with her at the time of Doreen's death. When a scam involving her 'long-lost daughter' comes to light, Hollis is cleared and CID attempt to track the imposter down.

The Great and the Good
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7.99
272 votes

#10 - The Great and the Good

Midsomer Murders - Season 12 - Episode 7

A troubled schoolteacher, subject to sleepwalking and quasi-paranoia, feels that an intruder has been in her house, and doubters find dead bodies to confirm her fears.

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Midsomer Rhapsody
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7.96
299 votes

#11 - Midsomer Rhapsody

Midsomer Murders - Season 8 - Episode 8

Deaths follow the discovery of a valuable musical manuscript sold cheaply at an auction.

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Never Go Back
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7.95
76 votes

#12 - Never Go Back

Ultimate Force - Season 3 - Episode 2

Red Troop are caught in a battle between rival forces while on an unofficial visit to Zimbabwe

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The Magician's Nephew
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7.90
352 votes

#13 - The Magician's Nephew

Midsomer Murders - Season 11 - Episode 5

The traditions of the Temple of Thoth, a local cult in Midsomer, appear to be related to a series of murders using poison of the poison dart frog.

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The Glitch
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7.81
234 votes

#14 - The Glitch

Midsomer Murders - Season 12 - Episode 4

An air traffic computer system, based on the theories of an eccentric college professor, is denounced by the creator, causing a financial crisis for its backers.

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The Noble Art
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7.81
312 votes

#15 - The Noble Art

Midsomer Murders - Season 13 - Episode 6

When a famous 1860 bareknuckle boxing bout is restaged with great pomp in Midsomer Morchard, dead bodies begin to pile up.

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The Fisher King
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7.79
316 votes

#16 - The Fisher King

Midsomer Murders - Season 7 - Episode 3

Long-suppressed family secrets, stolen artifacts, and a thirty year-old death at a Celtic burial site result in a series of murders in present-day Midsomer.

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The Dogleg Murders
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7.79
381 votes

#17 - The Dogleg Murders

Midsomer Murders - Season 12 - Episode 1

A member is killed with a golf club on the Whiteoaks Golf Course. During the investigation, Barnaby discovers Whiteoaks to be full of hatred, gambling, violence, jealousy and extortion.

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Second Sight
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7.76
366 votes

#18 - Second Sight

Midsomer Murders - Season 8 - Episode 5

John Ransom collapses and dies outside a pub after a fight with his brother-in-law over the baptism of his niece. He has electrical scars across the top of his head.

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Instruments of Justice
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7.75
4 votes

#19 - Instruments of Justice

Taggart - Season 10 - Episode 1

Sean Brady has turned Queen's evidence against crime boss McLintock. On the way to court, his car is ambushed and a policeman is left seriously injured. Brady escapes and flees, leaving the prosecutor with a hole in his case against McLintock. DCI Taggart falls under suspicion because he authorized the route and Internal Affairs takes a hard-edged line.

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Shot at Dawn
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7.73
399 votes

#20 - Shot at Dawn

Midsomer Murders - Season 11 - Episode 1

A 90-year-long feud between two families, the Hicks and the Hammonds, appears to have escalated to murder.

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Miracle in Crooked Lane
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7.36
197 votes

#21 - Miracle in Crooked Lane

Jonathan Creek - Season 3 - Episode 5

A young woman, who has led a scandalous life that has shocked the local village community, suffers severe burns in an appalling accident. But how can she have returned to her village church in order to seek forgiveness for her past sins, when she is lying in a coma in hospital?...Enter a man in a duffel coat and shaggy hair with the answer....but this time it isn't Jonathan Creek!

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Black Orchid
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7.33
6 votes

#22 - Black Orchid

Taggart - Season 11 - Episode 3

A young girl who attends a hypnotist's show is found drowned shortly afterwards, leaving the hypnotists' career in tatters. It appears to be an open and shut case, but was she secretly murdered? Meanwhile, DI Jardine and DS Reid investigate a series of killings that may have been carried out "to order". DC Stuart Fraser joins the team.

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The Three Gamblers
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7.27
135 votes

#23 - The Three Gamblers

Jonathan Creek - Season 3 - Episode 6

A man of pure evil is "disposed" of with the help of six bullets to the head - but has his corpse come back to life with revenge on its mind? Maddy and Jonathan visit a damp, deserted farmhouse to investigate!

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Ghost's Forge
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7.13
143 votes

#24 - Ghost's Forge

Jonathan Creek - Season 3 - Episode 4

While Creek, Magellan and Tranter are investigating the apparently motiveless murder of an ageing hermit, Magellan vanishes into thin air.

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Prayer for the Dead
star
7.00
10 votes

#25 - Prayer for the Dead

Taggart - Season 11 - Episode 2

Supt McVitie is taken to hospital with a heart attack after a heated argument with Taggart. His wife reacts very badly to Taggart's temporary promotion to Acting Superintendent, and takes it out on the whole team. Meanwhile, Reid and Jardine begin investigating the death of drug addict, Scott Graham, who fell from a balcony during a drug fueled party.

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Berserker
star
7.00
1 votes

#26 - Berserker

Taggart - Season 14 - Episode 1

Illegal body building drugs combined with mind bending additives cause a series of deaths around the muscle scene in Glasgow. In a race against time to find the source of the deadly drug the Maryhill team call on the help of a famous chemistry professor at the University. But is he helping or is he the source of the drug?

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Getting Involved
star
7.00
1 votes

#27 - Getting Involved

The Bill - Season 7 - Episode 63

Stamp talks to a man about paint stripper on his car - 2nd time in a month. Ron knows him. Reg and June are later called to an industrial estate where a man is damaging the car. The man damaging the car turns out to be the son of a man supposedly killed by the owner of the car. Carver and Greig investigate a fight in a pub at closing time. The victim is not talking but the girlfriend knows who he might have been drinking with. Ron helps Carver and Greig catch him. The girlfriend wanted her boyfriend to stop thieving.

Attitudes
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0.00
0 votes

#28 - Attitudes

The Bill - Season 6 - Episode 63

Young, Garfield, Stamp and Loxton are playing cards. Young wins. The others decide to give Young a hard time as Garfield and Stamp are in CAD. It is Cryer's anniversary. He goes out with Young to an accident where a dog has been hit by a car. The flowers he brought his wife have been destroyed and due to a language problem June gets a wreath.

Lucky Jim
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0.00
0 votes

#29 - Lucky Jim

The Bill - Season 15 - Episode 47

Carver, depressed at the prospect of a life in uniform, develops a drink problem.

A Hard Day's Night
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0.00
0 votes

#30 - A Hard Day's Night

Casualty - Season 17 - Episode 28

Harry returns to work after the death of his wife; Simon takes an unprofessional interest in Jane's operation; when Colette is attacked by a patient's relative, she is forced to reveal her pregnancy.

Side Effects
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0.00
0 votes

#31 - Side Effects

Casualty - Season 17 - Episode 29

It's Harry's first day back at work after his wife's death, and he puts himself in danger after overstepping the mark. Meanwhile, Bex calls the police when he sees Jack sneak into the hospital to see Tony.